May 5, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Dua Lipa, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Do a Lipa Day (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
I enjoy Dua Lipa, and apparently Saturday Night Live does too. Because after serving as musical guest for a couple of episodes, she’s now reached that rarefied territory of being host and musical guest on the very same show. It’s an interesting choice, because while she’s not exactly known for comedy and she hasn’t done a ton of acting, she is pretty sharp. She strikes me as the kind of a person who can read a comedy script and immediately recognize what is funny about it and then go ahead and emphasize the exact right words.
For my review of this episode, I’m going to go ahead and utilize that old standby strategy of mine and transcribe the notes I took while watching.
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April 14, 2024
jmunney
Television, Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps
Chris Stapleton, Ryan Gosling, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
This moment will be stapled in my mind forever (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky”1 theme.
Former SNL cast member Kristen Wiig joined the Five-Timers Club last week, and now the next new episode features some returning favorites in the guest lineup, with host Ryan Gosling and musical guest Chris Stapleton. When the April shows were announced, I wondered if this would be a once-in-a-lifetime case of two five-timer inductions two episodes in a row. But in fact, this is only Gosling’s third host outing. (I guess his previous appearances just loom inordinately large in my memory.)
This is also Stapleton’s third time as the musical guest.
Since one of Gosling’s most notable accomplishments in the past year is his performance of the song “I’m Just Ken” in the motion picture Barbie and on the Oscars stage, I will be reviewing each sketch with the format “I’m just…”, in which I proclaim how each segment made me react in stark, forthright terms.
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April 7, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Kristen Wiig, Raye, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Quicker than a Raye of Wiig (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Wowee zowee! Kristen Carroll Wiig has now hosted Saturday Night Live a handful of times! I remember when she was just a Saturday Night Live cast member. In her most recent outing as the master of ceremonies, she was joined by musical guest Raye. I’ve heard the name, but I don’t think I’ve heard the songs, so hopefully we’re in for some fun surprises.
Since this episode aired on the first weekend of April 2024, I will review each sketch by asking “Is this a good sketch for spring?”
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March 31, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Ramy Youssef, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49, Travis Scott
Holy of holies (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates! (Because this review is being posted on Easter Sunday)
Happy Ramadan to those who observe it! (Because we’re currently in the midst of Ramadan and because SNL host Ramy Youssef is Muslim)
And Happy Passover to those who celebrate! (That one hasn’t started yet this year, but I just completed my annual rewatch of “A Rugrats Passover” yesterday.)
All right, that’s enough goofing around. Let’s get to this review of the March 30, 2024 episode of Saturday Night Live, with host Ramy Youssef and musical guest Travis Scott. Because it’s Easter Weekend, I’m going to resurrect an old reliable reviewing strategy and transcribe the notes I wrote in my notebook while watching the episode.
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March 10, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Ariana Grande, Josh Brolin, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Chloe and Ariana currently have their eyes closed in this photo. Are they making a wish? … Happy Birthday! (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Here we go everybody, it’s time for another review of a new Saturday Night Live episode! And well, the third time’s the charm. (Or at least that’s the hope.)
Josh James Brolin has now hosted a trio of SNL eps, even though I’d kinda forgotten his second outing, though perhaps I shouldn’t have. Similarly, Ariana Grande-Butera (professionally, she usually drops the “Butera”) is doing a 3rd go-round as musical guest. She was also the host that second time, and she’s appeared in sketches all three times.
Because this episode originally aired on my birthday, I’ll be reviewing each sketch according to the template “Happy Birthday to…”
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March 3, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Kacey Musgraves, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49, Sydney Sweeney
Kacey and the Sunshine Sweeney (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Excellent! March is my favorite month. And the 2024 edition is off to a promising start with a couple of new Saturday Night Live episodes on the docket. The 3/2 show was hosted by Sydney Sweeney, who you might know from the rom-com hit Anyone But You, the wacky superhero flick Madame Web, and the upcoming pregnant nun horror movie Immaculate. I’ve seen two of those, and I’m excited for the third! I might also start watching that HBO show that she stars on.
Kacey Musgraves was the musical guest, which she’s done twice before. She hails from a magical land named “Golden,” Texas.
And since this episode was indeed hosted by Sydney Sweeney, I’m going to include as much alliteration in my review as I can muster.
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February 25, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
21 Savage, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, Shane Gillis, SNL, SNL Season 49
The Savages (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Well, we’re in the middle of Saturday Night Live‘s 49th season. The 12th episode just aired, and Mr. Comedian Shane Gillis was the host. He has a bit of a history with the show, as he was hired as a cast member back in 2019 but was then almost immediately fired after some past controversial comments emerged. That wasn’t really mentioned in this episode, besides one little moment during the monologue.
As for the musical duties, well ,those were handled by a fellow known as 21 Savage. He was born in London, raised in Atlanta, and this was his first time rapping in Studio 8H.
As for my review, I’ll be employing my ol’ reliable routine of just copying the notes that I wrote in my notebook while watching the show.
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February 4, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Ayo Edebiri, Jennifer Lopez, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Oh. (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Hello! This is my review of the Ayo Edibiri/Jennifer Lopez episode of Saturday Night Live. And, well, you’ve probably already guessed by now what I’m going to do: because the guest lineup was Ayo and J. Lo, I’m going to review each sketch with one word that ends in “o” (or an “oh” sound)!
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January 28, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Dakota Johnson, Justin Timberlake, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Dakota just hosted SNL with Justin Timberlake? (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Hello, I am reporting for duty to review the tenth episode of the forty-ninth season of Saturday Night Live. For the guest lineup, we’ve got some returning friends, with Dakota Johnson hosting and Justin Timberlake as the musical guest. Since this is a reunion of sorts of The Social Network, I will take inspiration from that movie and review each sketch by paraphrasing a certain beloved line from that flick and ask, “You know what’s cool?”
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January 21, 2024
jmunney
Saturday Night Live, SNL Weekly Recaps, Television
Jacob Elordi, Megan Thee Stallion, Rachel McAdams, Reneé Rapp, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Season 49, SNL, SNL Season 49
Oh by the way, which one’s Mother? (CREDIT: NBC/Screenshot)
Jeff “jmunney” Malone watches every new episode of Saturday Night Live and then reviews all the sketches and segments according to a “wacky” theme.
Fact: the first SNL host of 2024 is Jacob Elordi. I’ve seen him in Saltburn and Priscilla.
Fact: the first SNL musical guest of 2024 is Reneé Rapp. Here’s the rap on her: I’ve enjoyed her in The Sex Lives of College Girls and Mean Girls (2024).
Since the week leading up to this episode has been one of the coldest this winter in my neighborhood, I’ve decided to review each sketch by using the words “cold,” “cool,” “hot,” “warm,” or some derivation thereof.
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